Decorative Artist Jo-Anne Coletti specializes in everything Roses, and has a special fondness for beautiful things that are faded, worn and well loved. She looks to old Rose paintings for her inspiration in all of her work and finds that things from the past were made with elegance, care and detail. For over a decade, Jo-Anne's passion for art has turned into a thriving business. Named after her love of roses, Vintage Rose Collection specializes in painting of antique items, vintage furniture, old and used objects, as well as floral wall painting and cottage style decorating.

Jo-Anne's art work and home has been featured in "Romantic Homes Magazine" August editions 2002, 2004, 2005 featured "Artisans Section", July 2006 Office Romance issue, And, Romantic Country Magazine, March 2007 & June 2008 and Dovetales Magazine Summer & Autumn 2008.

Monday, September 12, 2011

I love a perfectly exposed photograph, it’s invigorating!

Digital photography has made everything so easy for us, hasn’t it? Remember the days when you couldn’t wait to pick up your photos at your nearest photo lab to see how your pictures came out? I worked at a photo lab years ago and I would witness disappointed customers with photo after photo of underexposed or overexposed, blurry or out of focus pictures; mainly because you couldn’t view your photos beforehand. Now with digital cameras, that’s all changed, and we have Lightroom, Photoshop and other great programs to help us along with a “not so great photo.” And, with easy point and shoot cameras, it’s hard to tell the difference between an amateur photographer and a professional, trained one. Or is it? If you’re paying attention there is. Let me explain...

The photos you see here were taken with the canon 7d by Jennifer Froh.

While many point and shoot cameras take wonderful pictures, you loose the ability to be creative.

Professional photographer, and my dear friend Jennifer Froh, http://www.jennyfroh.com/ has been mentoring me on portrait photography. Jen's photo business is based in Flower Mound, TX. She serves the North DFW metroplex, including Dallas, Fort Worth Double Oak, Roanoke, Trophy Club, Southlake, Carrollton, Highland Village, Grapevine, Lewisville, Argyle, and Coppell, and specializes in Pet & Portrait Photography. Jen has mastered the art of taking the perfect exposure. Her composition is effortless, her superb lighting techniques on her subjects are soft, yet punchy, flawless, interesting and captivating, and combined with her remarkable way to master depth of field, Jen proves she has a professional, trained eye. The Real Deal! Please be sure and visit Jen's gorgeous website and blog.

I took some photos of my son's friend, Annie, "in manual". Of course, the camera loves her so taking a pretty shot of her was easy. However, my exposure was not quite right,and even though I was outdoors, the lighting was off giving the photo a flat look. While you want to get the best shot possible straight out of the camera, if you do happen to fall shy of a great shot, there are ways to help fix the problem. With that said, there is a down side. As you can tell by my photos they are not as sharp and crisp due to alterations.

Jen, helped me out with some tricks from Lightroom. The improvements she made really helped to make Annie's beautiful face shine.